There has been a revolution. We see it on our streets and in our offices, at our parties and on our golf courses. The cuts of our clothes are a little closer. The colors are more varied. And the sprezzatura ease that was remarkable just ten years ago no longer looks foreign or exotic or fashiony — it just looks normal. Here, eleven mavericks of men's style look back over the decade and tell the brief history of how we dress now.

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For the final chapter in our multi-part series on the evolution of men's style since the early 2000s, we address the ever-important detail of footwear. Remember square-toe shoes? Yeah, we'd like to forget, too. Luckily, we've come a long way. Check out the slideshow to get the full story — from Todd Snyder, Tom Kalenderian, Michael Bastian, and other experts who saw it unfold — of how we came to where we are today.